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<H2>NAME</H2>

http - perform HTTP queries from command line
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<H2>SYNOPSIS</H2>

<B>http</B> &lt;<I>get</I>|<I>head</I>|<I>put</I>|<I>delete</I>&gt; &lt;<B>url</B>&gt;
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<H2>DESCRIPTION</H2>

<B>http</B> is a tool to perform HTTP queries from the command line.
Informations and diagnostic goes to stderr. Data is taken from stdin
(for <I>put</I>) or output to stdout (for <I>get</I>).
If the environement variable <b>http_proxy</b> exists it will be used as a
proxy url.
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The following commands are supported
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<I>get</I> to send an http GET query. It fetches the given <B>url</B> to standard
output.
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<I>head</I> gets the header only of the <B>url</B>.
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<I>put</I> to send an http PUT query (not recognized by all servers). It
reads data from standard input and then send them to the server.
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<I>delete</I><BR>

to send an http DELETE query (not recognized by all servers).
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<H2>LIMITATIONS</H2>

The url is limited to 256 characters.
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<H2>EXAMPLE</H2>

http get http://www.demailly.com/~dl/wwwtools.html &gt; wwwtools.html
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<H2>AUTHOR</H2>

<a href="http://www.demailly.com/~dl/">Laurent Demailly</a>
 &lt;L@Demailly.com&gt;. Free software.
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(See LICENSE file)
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<H2>SEE ALSO</H2>

<A HREF="http_lib.html">http_lib(3)</A>
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